A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Modern debates about the meaning of the Second ...

In 2008, the United States Supreme Court made it clear that the “right of the people to keep and bear arms” is not limited to members of a militia.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms, enshrined in the Constitution’s Second Amendment, is centered not on hunting or sport shooting but on the natural right of self-defense.